Title: Minor Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: circa 1890-1994

Creator:

• Minor Family

Call Number: La Crosse Mss CL; PH La Crosse Mss CL

Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) and 313 photographs, 1 negative, and 4 pieces of ephemera (in 2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of the Minor and related families of Vernon County, Wisconsin and La Crescent, Minnesota. The bulk of the collection concerns Walton E. Minor (1907-1989), a former machinist and, after retirement from that career in 1963, a farmer. The collection includes his account books (1940-1986), a brief autobiography, his diaries (1965-1989), divorce papers, military service records, awards, a book recording Christmas gifts he received in 1973, and records concerning his death. There are also histories of the Minor, Hayden, and Slater families; notebooks recording weddings, birthdays, and deaths; obituaries and funeral books and cards; detailed records concerning Martha Minor's bicycle accident in 1978; account books concerning the building of the Minors' home in 1973 and an appraisal of it and inventory of personal property prepared for auction in 1989; and other family memorabilia. Photographs in the collection are housed in Madison and are mainly portraits and snapshots of members of the Minor family, but also include images of related families, particularly the Ames, Hayden, and Slater families, and a few scattered images of houses and other significant places in the family's history. Other families represented include the Host, Hayter, Jordan, Morton, Olson, Reuter, Shaner, Stucy, and Alley families.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lx00cl

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Helen E. Brieske, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1994. Accession Number: M97-217

Processing Information

Processed by Donna Sereda, 1997.

La Crosse Mss CL	Series: Paper Records
	Account books
Box   1 Folder   1	1940-1941, 1947-1949
Box   1 Folder   2	1964-1966 and bank books, , 1934-1964
Box   1 Folder   3	1973-1986
Box   1 Folder   4	Autobiography of Walton E. Minor, 1989
Box   1 Folder   5	Bike accident records (Martha Minor), 1978
Box   1 Folder   6	Birthday, wedding and gift books
Box   1 Folder   7	Correspondence, 1927, 1945, 1976-1984
Box   1 Folder   8	Death of Walton E. Minor, 1989
	Diaries of Walton E. Minor
Box   1 Folder   9	1965-1966
Box   2 Folder   1	1967
Box   2 Folder   2	1968
Box   2 Folder   3	1969
Box   2 Folder   4	1970
Box   2 Folder   5	1971
Box   3 Folder   1	1972
Box   3 Folder   2	1976
Box   3 Folder   3	1977
Box   3 Folder   4	1978
Box   3 Folder   5	1979
Box   4 Folder   1	1980
Box   4 Folder   2	1981
Box   4 Folder   3	1982
Box   4 Folder   4	1983
Box   4 Folder   5	1984
Box   5 Folder   1	1985
Box   5 Folder   2	1986
Box   5 Folder   3	1987
Box   5 Folder   4	1988
Box   5 Folder   5	1989
Box   6 Folder   1	Divorce papers, Walton E. and Evelyn R. Minor, 1946
Box   6 Folder   2	Divorce papers, Clarence and Nora Minor, 1925
	Family history and genealogy
Box   6 Folder   3	Clippings (mainly obituaries), circa 1917-1994
Box   6 Folder   4	Family memorabilia
Box   6 Folder   5	Funeral books, cards, and related documents
Box   6 Folder   6	Genealogical charts and information
Box   6 Folder   7	Hayden family record, 1953
Box   6 Folder   8	Minor family history, 1986
Box   6 Folder   9	Slater family
Box   6 Folder   10	Home: building accounts, 1973, and appraisal, sale, and property auction, , 1989
Box   6 Folder   11	Military service (Walton E. Minor), 1944-1945
Box   6 Folder   12	Military service (Walton E. Minor; A Welcome Home Gift from Northern States Power Company), 1945
Box   6 Folder   13	Wisconsin Regional Art Program Award (Walton E. Minor), 1987
PH La Crosse Mss CL	Series: Photographs, Negative, and Ephemera	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1	Ames-Host family
Box   1 Folder   2	Gordon, Hanna
Box   1 Folder   3	Hayden family
Box   1 Folder   4	Hayter family
Box   1 Folder   5	Jordan family
Box   1 Folder   6	LaFore, Christena Minor
Box   1 Folder   7	Minor, Benton
Box   1 Folder   8	Minor, Clarence and Nora
Box   1 Folder   9	Minor, Frank
Box   1 Folder   10	Minor, Sarah Elizabeth
Box   1 Folder   11	Minor, Walton E.
Box   1 Folder   12	Minor, Walton E., Martha, and Children
Box   1 Folder   13	Minor, Walton E.: home and barn construction, 1951, and appraisal, , 1989
Box   1 Folder   14	Minor family - miscellaneous
Box   1 Folder   15	Morton family
Box   1 Folder   16	Olson family
Box   2 Folder   1	Others: Norum, Rumsey, Graham, Hartley, Jenks, O'Leary, Nash, Jones, Ilett, Middlebrook, Latimore
Box   2 Folder   2	Peterson, Emil
Box   2 Folder   3	Reuter family
Box   2 Folder   4	Shaner family
Box   2 Folder   5	Slater family
Box   2 Folder   6	Stucy-Alley family
Box   2	Album 1: small album which belonged to Clarence Minor Scope and Content Note: Photos of Minor and Hayden Families and Friends, Vernon County, Wisconsin
Box   2	Album 2: large album, most likely the property of Nora Belle Hayden Minor (Mrs. Clarence Minor) Scope and Content Note: Photos, mainly of Hayden and Ames Families, Vernon County, Wisconsin